[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/fhBzjnqz/VsXxhzEs"] [Date "2022.07.03"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Rapport, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [WhiteTeam "FID"] [BlackElo "2764"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [Annotator "Aagaard"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B67"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/fhBzjnqz/VsXxhzEs"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,67,19,38,40,41,51,18,45,11,33,51,48,36,53,48,60,38,33,9,6,36,28,18,9, -1,0,-5,16,-1,0,-2,-10,-8,4,-1,-8,-7,4,4,-6,-8,-4,2,13,13,21,13,13,-7,-1,7,5, 21,29,32,32,23,30,32,44,33,44,23,25,29,44,24,31,31] With another quick draw with White, Nepomniachtchi has won the tournament. The question is now if Magnus Carlsen will want to play against him. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. f3 h6 11. Bf4 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. Be5! { Not the most dangerous, but Nepomniachtchi does not need to win more games. } 15... Rc8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rd4 f5 (19... Rc5 20. b4! Rc3 21. Kb2 Rfc8 22. Bd3 $14 { and White eventually won in Kholmov-Mukhametov, Moscow 1991. }) 20. Bd3 Bc6 21. Rd1 Kg7 22. Be2 $146 { An improvement on an email game where White somehow managed to lose. } 22... Kf6 23. Rh4 Kg5 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Rhd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 e5 27. f4+ exf4 28. Rxf4 Be4 29. c3 Rd8 30. Bd1 Rd7 31. Bc2 Re7 { Stockfish thinks White is a bit better, but that's probably nonsense. No matter: Nepo is not in trouble, which is the main thing. } 32. Bd1 Rd7 33. Bc2 Re7 34. Bd1 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2